{"value":{"id":432114,"memberId":115,"member":null,"memberRole":"Minister of State for Trade and Investment","uin":"HLWS318","dateMade":"2015-11-25T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":26,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Innovation and Skills","title":"Pre - Council Written Ministerial Statement: EU Foreign Affairs Council 27 November 2015","text":"<p>The EU Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) will take place in Brussels on 27 November 2015. I shall represent the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The substantive items on 27 November will be: Adoption of Council Conclusions on the recently published Commission trade strategy; state of play discussions on preparations for the 10th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference; on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations between the EU and the US; the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement negotiations; and on trade negotiations with ASEAN countries and Japan. There will also be a discussion on the trilateral talks that have been taking place between the EU, Russia and Ukraine on planned implementation of the EU-Ukraine DCFTA. Over lunch trade relations and trade policy matters pertaining to China will be discussed.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":432116,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2015-11-25T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/432114","method":"GET"}]}